Recent Development
The 9th Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court issued a
decision on January 10, 2019 and with No. 2018/10718 E. - 2019/559
K. stating that employees are allowed to create message groups and
communicate with other employees through these groups, provided
that these communications do not disrupt their work flow or affect
their work. The Supreme Court also ruled that these communications
between employees within message groups should be protected as
personal data.
Result
The employment field had ongoing discussions on whether
employers have the right to monitor their employees'
communication devices, especially message groups between employees,
and to terminate their employment agreements due to the content of
such communications. In its recent decisions, the Supreme Court
ruled that such communications should be protected in terms of
privacy of communications.
